THE SHAQ-KOBE SAGA TURNS INTO A CHEESY COP DRAMA Just when you thought this Shaq freestyling story couldn't get any more hilarious, some random sheriff has demanded Shaq's badges back. PHOENIX -- Shaquille O'Neal will lose his special deputy's badge in Maricopa County because of language he used in a rap video that mocks former teammate Kobe Bryant. Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio ...

Apparently there were plenty of people incensed by Shaq’s battle of the mics impression. The man so proud to play a cop in his spare time that he even volunteered to protect and serve the Tempe community , suffered ultimate embarrassment by having his badge stripped . Sheriff Joe Arpaio explained his position in revoking the badges telling The Monty Show on Sporting News Radio that ...

Apparently there's an even bigger attention whore in Arizona than Shaq, and his name is Sheriff Joe Arpaio. If you don't know who Arpaio is, he's the man who calls himself "America's Toughest Sheriff" and wrote a book with the same title. He's also best known for feeding jail inmates green bologna, clothing them in pink underwear, and making them work on chain gangs. Which is ...

Shaquille O’Neal recently rapped about Kobe Bryant, and some of the things he said have now been interpretted as racist and uncalled for. So uncalled for that he’s been stripped of his badge . “I want his two badges back,” Arpaio told The Associated Press on Tuesday. “Because if any one of my deputies did something like this, they’re fired. I ...

Most of us thought that the video which showed Shaq on stage at a New York city club ripping Kobe Bryant with a freestyle rap was pretty funny stuff, but Maricopa County (Arizona) Sheriff Joe Arpalo wasn't laughing. Shaq received a "special deputy" badge from the Sheriff shortly after his move to the desert, but after hearing Shaq use some choice words in that rap video, the Sheriff wants his ...

Shaq’s anti-Kobe freestyle has caused his boss on the force to take away his special deputy’s badge.

Shaquille O’Neal’s freestyle rap in NYC the other day which mocked Kobe Bryant and included various profanities, resulted in one police badge being taken away the other day, and now it’s happened again. The AP reports: Bedford County Sheriff Mike Brown said Wednesday that he has asked the Phoenix Suns center to return a badge he [...]

Joe Arpaio -- known far and kind of wide as "America's Toughest Sheriff" -- has de-deputized The Big Law Enforcer for his use of profanity and (especially) the dreaded N-word during that freestylin' Shaq Rap Attack on Kobe Bryant . In case you have no idea what I'm talking about, here's the backstory: Arpaio, sheriff of Maricopa County, Arizona, presented Shaq with a special deputy badge ...

Shaquille O’Neal will no longer be a deputy in Arizona. Sheriff Joe Arpaio will strip the Phoenix Suns center of his badge because of his foul language and the use of a “racially derogatory word” during a freestyle rap last Saturday in which Shaq dissed former teammate Kobe Bryant. Check out the [...]

In case you missed it, Shaq recently ripped up his "colleague" in a free style rap show. As if his style was not bad enough for my (and his) ears, he also lost his most prized possession. The gold sheriff's badge.

Yahoo Sports.com : Shaquille O’Neal will lose his special deputy’s badge in Maricopa County because of language he used in a rap video that mocks former teammate Kobe Bryant . Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio said the Phoenix Suns center’s use of a racially derogatory word and other foul language left him no choice. Arpaio made Shaq a special deputy in 2006 and ...

Shaq gets kicked off the police force for a rap, Imus is in hot water again for racial comments MITCHELL BLATT Why don’t I care about sports? Because it’s not fun. You can’t rap to Kobe about how your ass tastes without getting your ceremonial sherif’s badge taken away. That’s right, Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio revoked Shaq’s badge for the rap.  ...

The East Valley Tribune reports: Shaquille O’Neal will lose his special deputy’s badge in Maricopa County because of language he used in a rap video that mocks former teammate Kobe Bryant. Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio said the Phoenix Suns center’s use of a racially derogatory word and other foul language left him no choice. [...]

Well, Shaq made headlines earlier this week by bashing Kobe in his now infamous “Kobe rap.” However, it now seems the repercussions of such an act will result in Shaq losing his badge. Putting Lakers-biased aside, do you feel this is fair? Sound off: ESPN : Shaquille O’Neal will lose his special deputy’s badge in Maricopa County because of language he used in a rap ...